Subject: 11 Months out to the day.
From: samuel.crapo@myldsmail.net
Hello Family And Friends,
Sorry about the short email last week.... Its hard to keep these super Long ones going. Some of you like them, others do not. Ha ha, i'm telling ya, if you really want your own personal letter just write me :) I'll do it! Anyways, now i will write you all another EXTREMELY long email... kind of! HERE IT IS! My week!
Monday 1-9-12
We did a ton of shopping, it was p-day. And we just had to get a lot of things stocked up on. I used a lot of money. But not on purpose. I was at the Post Office, and i was sending some packages, well on the little kiosk, you can do orders all on the same credit card, which is what i was doing. So i finally got to my last item of business which was to buy stamps and i'm looking at the screen that tells you how many to buy. And Elder Whitmer came up and pressed the most expensive one that gives you like 42 stamps haha but it didnt ask me "are you sure you want to purchase this?" it just buys it immediately. So now i have a ton of stamps and no money... Its ok though, i wasnt mad or anything! But ya thats why i have no money!
I printed pictures to keep and to send to some people.
And then we ate dinner at the Guidos house.
I got a package from mom that had my memory card in it. So thank you very much!
Tuesday 1-10-12
We went to Bonnie Short's (less active) house and did some yard work for her, in exchange she took some of our clothes to tailor. I had a rip in the behind of my suit pants, i was sitting down and when i stood up they got caught on a stone and ripped.... i might need some new suits soon haha mine are falling apart... Geoffrey Beene is not a good brand for anyone who is planning on buying a suit STAY AWAY FROM GEOFFREY BEENE! And we also gave her some shirts, asked her if she could change them from normal fit to Slim fit, since me and my companion are so skinny, we look much better in Fitted clothes! She said yes and tooke them.
After we were done there the Guidos called and said that they were filming, their house was full of non members! So the filming part caught Sam Crapo's attention and the Non members part caught Elder Crapo's attention, so we went. IT was SICK!!!! I want to do that so bad when i get off the mission. Nice Camera, lights, mics, Everything. It was cool!
Then we went home and got changed, but they called again and said they were at the church filming with even MORE non members so we HAD to go! haha We were getting ready to leave and at one point they asked me and my companion to be in it. So since i'm pretty sure it would be bad to have missionaries in a movie, we took our name tags off and hid them, but we got to be in the video. When the Guidos tell me its done i'll send everyone the link or something.
Then we ate dinner at the Hansens and then went on splits!
Oh Logan (Elder Zylks) Sent me a Lava Lava from Samoa! For my birthday! What a stud!
Wednesday 1-11-12
We went to go get our dry cleaning but it wasnt ready...
So we went up into Santa Susana ward territory and tried contacting people but no one was home.
So we came back and ate lunch...
Then we found a rock, and made a prayer rock for Chelsea, our investigator, she's having a hard time praying on her own and we hope the prayer rock helps, we made it look all pretty just for her haha.
Then we went out contacting MORE, but no one was home....
Then we went to the guidos and i put a picture of me and Maria (their daughter who is super autistic but we love her to death!) on their fridge, they love it and say it will never come down! YES!
Then we went to Chelseas house and taught a lesson, got her familiar with mormon.org since she is so obsessed with watching TV we thought we'd try and get her hooked onto that!
Then we stopped off at sister starns house and just got stuck at the door talking to her.
Then we went to the Helds home for dinner... we ate some weird food. Pumpkin cooked like squash... wasnt bad. Then Potatoes with Lentles? that was odd... they also had bread sticks that were as hard as rocks, i felt like a dog with a bone, ya know how they lick their bones until its soft so they can finally chew pieces of it? That was me at dinner with bread sticks. they are old and cook weird things. but they are funny!
Then we went to Pam Stalkers house, She is a non member whos son was converted long ago, its going to take a lot for this lady to finally make he decision to be baptized... honestly, i dont think it will ever happen, but who knows?
Then we came home. And i had a great idea. when i come back here to work for the guidos doing editing, i'm going to bring logan with me and he can do acting with their daughter! BADABING!
Thursday 1-12-12
We had district meeting...
Tried contacting peeps... same old stuff... no one home.
Then we went and Visited brother Penrod, he's always good for a visit!
Then we went to Annes house and did a D&C study with her, she got a Quad for christmas from her boyfriends family but she still really likes the Tripple combination my family got her! She goes to utah all the time and i told her while she is up there to go see my family. SO FAMILY! PAY ATTENTION! If an ANNE SHIRLEY comes to the door with a REID LEVITZ, they are people i know, they like to play Gears of war and Call of Duty so i'm sure dad can hook them up fat on the nice new television downstairs :)
Then we went to the Bystroms house for dinner. They are pretty awesome. Lots of fun.
Then we went on Splits and i went with brother Skinner! He is so hilarious with his hunting stories, possibly the best ever! He says he is moving to Utah next year and told me he would take me on a hunting trip when i get home! I sure hope so, the guy is so cool.
Then we got our shirts and my pants back from bonnie! She was quick! But i accidently got GREASE all over one of my shirts from my bike chain :( I dont even know how it got there!?!?! Hopefully it comes out in the wash!
Friday 1-13-12
We had weekly planning
Then i had to go to physical therapy. Basically all they told me was "i dont know why your here, physical therapy can do NOTHING for your nerves, you need to see a nerve specialist" so i guess i dont have to go to physical therapy anymore, they say i need to work on my posture, being on a bike has kind of ruined my posture. Other than that, it was pointless.
Then we walked home and then contacted some people. One being Myrtal, she's a potential who we have been trying to teach forever, she always gives us the "oh i'll call you guys and set something up" and then she never calls.... So we are doing someting called TOTS Teach On The Spot. So we tried that this week. Found out that she's been going to an EX MORMON to find out everything about the church! GREAT!!!!! AGH!!!!!
Then we left and went to a guy who has been investigating for about 5 years. His name is Jean. he's hard to understand because he is from venezuela and has a very thick accent. He is so cool though, a semi pro basketball player. He feels he needs to have information about the church.. he's not big on the feelings part... so we are helping him the best we can. Spot of luck though! his uncle somewhere else in Cali decided he was going to get baptized! so now that is sparking Jean's interest :D Maybe a spot of luck!
Then we went to the Fletchers for dinner. Brother Fletcher is a lawyer so they live in a very nice house and we had a good time with them! Nice family, kind of awkward but fun!
Then we went to the Hodges home to get the keys for the scout closet, we neeeded to borrow some Dodgeballs for sports which would take place the next day.
Then we stopped at the guidos since they were close and the parents werent home so we just spoke to some of the kids at the door.
Saturday 1-14-12
We did some contacting and good bike riding in the morning, everyone was not at home :( But we had a good time biking.
Then we went to Burger King because it is buy a whopper get one free right now. i could only eat one anyways so.... it was anti climactic
Then we went to sports and Scott (barry's son) came, he played, barry watched. Barry was laughing so hard because of how funny i was when i played, no one could hit me cuz i was dodging so much and becuase i was throwing the ball so hard, he said i reminded him of the Harlom Globe Trotters.
Then we showered and barry took us to dinner, at Reds (local bbq place) it was SO GOOD! then we went to his house and taught his son a lesson and came home.
Sunday 1-15-12
Same old sunday stuff! had dinner with the guidos. Always a good time! love them to death!
Well everyone that is it! i guess i'm expecting some shoes in the mail.. but they have not come yet....
I love you all, thanks for all the encouragment and letters and emails and what not, feel free to keep writing me and stuff :) i'll write you back! Love you all!
Love,
Elder Crapo
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